I'm Going to Change my Husband with a Predatory Marriage

So he was saying he would save his life. She sighed in relief and nodded at him.

 

“All right. Let’s leave it at that.”

 

Then, Arpad returned to his subtle expression from a moment ago. An expression that seems somehow unpleasant. It looked like there was a fish bone stuck in her throat.

 

‘What? Why is it like that?’

 

As expected, it was impossible to read the crazy prince’s thoughts. How could a normal person understand the way of thinking of a crazy person? There was something more important than that.

 

‘I don’t have time to do this!’

 

Following the conflict between Arpad and Lord Beltane, the conversation with me took longer than expected. If Ludwig heard the news and came running, it would be a big problem.

 

She poked Arpad in the side. Then, looking up at his round eyes in surprise, she whispered.

 

“Go quickly! You won’t do it, will you?”

 

“No. I have to do it.”

 

‘Thank god.’

 

At the same time, she started crying and shouted so that everyone could hear her.

 

“Why are you doing this? Please let me go, Your Majesty! I’m planning to get married today!”

 

She heard Arpad swallow his laughter and say ‘huh’.

 

“I’m definitely playing the villain, right?” he asked in a low voice.

 

“Of course. That was the request from the beginning, right?”

 

She knew all too well what happened if a woman who was about to get married caught sight of another man and ran away.

 

‘That’s why we took the method of predatory marriage.’

 

In her previous life, she had already experienced how a woman who ran away with another man was treated when she ran away from Lord Beltane to avoid marriage and was caught. That was why the method of predatory marriage was chosen.

 

‘If I fail, or even if I succeed, I have to protect my reputation afterwards.’

 

If you look at it objectively, it means sacrificing Arpad’s reputation to protect her reputation.

 

‘It’s enough to save my life and put him on the throne!’

 

Moreover, Arpad was already famous as a crazy prince. Unlike her, there was no such thing as a reputation to protect.

 

“Let’s go quickly, shall we?”

 

Arpad laughed at her urging. Then, looking around ostentatiously, he shouted loudly. It was a similar act to when she begged to be let go a little while ago.

 

“Hmm, my bride is sick.”

 

Was he crazy!

 

‘Surely you’re not going to expose me here for instigating a predatory marriage?’

 

Fortunately, her suspicions were soon refuted. It was after a question that sounded like a scream from the knight commander.

 

“Your Majesty’s bride? What are you saying all of a sudden?!”

 

Arpad responded with even more arrogance.

 

“She is a waste for a guy like Ludwig.”

 

Well, well, that’s correct. Even though that crazy prince’s mouth was crooked, he still spoke properly. She just nodded to herself.

 

“So I’ll take you. Wouldn’t it be okay if I became the bridegroom in return for the insult of removing the veil?”

 

It was literally crazy bullshit.

 

“It’s not possible!”

 

“Stop it!”

 

“Hurry and inform His Majesty the Grand Duke!”

 

Just as the knights were belatedly trying to stop Arpad, the crazy prince answered their struggles with a crossbow again.

 

Puck! Plop!

 

The bolt flew out with a harsh sound and dug into the gap in the armor.

 

Ahh! Argh!

 

Various screams rang out. After instantly rendering four more knights unable to fight, Arpad declared in a relaxed tone.

 

“Tell Ludwig. There is no longer any reason to wait at the temple, so go back on your own.”

 

“Uh, Your Highness!”

 

Just like that, Arpad started to run his horse while holding her. And she remained faithful to the role of a priest being plundered until the very end. This was a performance that made you cry and scream.

 

“Please let go, Your Majesty! Ahhh!”

 

Naturally, no effort was made to get out of Arpad’s arms as much as his fingernails.

 

‘Oh yea! It’s a success!’

 

* * *

 

Clop-clop! Clop-clop!

 

Ironically, the cheerful sound of horses’ hooves sounded. Those who tried to block his path were all knocked down by the fierce kicks of the horse and the crown prince’s crossbow.

 

“Aaaah!!!”

 

The slender woman’s screams drag their tails away.

 

“Your Highness! It’s not possible!”

 

“Stop!”

 

“Oh my god! How could this happen…!”

 

In the end, Ludwig’s knights had no choice but to watch with open eyes as today’s new bride was kidnapped by the crown prince. The knight commander screamed with a distorted face.

 

“The bride, the bride has been kidnapped!”

 

It was only a few hours later that it was revealed that this was the first predatory marriage in about 300 years.

 

* * *

 

In the history of the empire, predatory marriages first occurred and were recognized about 300 years ago. It coincided with the time when the empire was founded. It was natural that the empire was founded when a rabid dragon plundered a princess during a wedding procession. The lineage of the dragon born as a result of that marriage has been passed down to the empire to this day. However, the crown prince, who was known to have inherited the strongest dragon bloodline at the time, robbed his bride on her wedding day.

 

‘Indeed, a reenactment of an event that matches the story of the birth of the first Emperor!’

 

For the imperial family to deny this is to fundamentally deny its own legitimacy.

 

‘You can never deny it.’

 

It was difficult to deny this predatory marriage even because of the issue of one’s legitimacy. 

This was exactly what she was aiming for. Actually, she wasn’t the only one who came up with this. This is because she had already seen similar cases before regression.

 

‘As soon as… That’s how the marriage of Ludwig and Evangeline came about.’

 

This happened after she was falsely accused of adultery and attempted murder, became a criminal, and was divorced. At that time, Arpad had already died, and Ludwig took the crown prince position as if it were natural. The two who kicked her out performed a rare act, a predatory marriage. To make up for Ludwig’s lack of legitimacy, and to make their wedding an event of the century. They used the story of the first Emperor. After going through a thousand and one illnesses, the two got married. This incident caused quite a stir among the public.

 

‘It was very effective in raising the awareness and popularity of the two people.’

 

This time, she was just trying to take advantage of it. She grinned in Arpad’s arms.

 

‘Ah, it’s such a shame that I can’t see for myself how Ludwig’s face was distorted!’

 

* * *

 

Bang!!

 

The angel statue that decorated the temple’s altar was shattered. The priests cry out in astonishment.

 

“Your Majesty the Grand Duke!”

 

“What kind of reckless behavior is this?!”

 

“Such an insult!”

 

Normally, Ludwig would never have made this mistake. But it was different now. This was because extremely shocking news reached him while he was waiting for his late bride.

 

“The bride was taken away? Predatory marriage?! What kind of bullshit is that now!!”

 

Grand Duke Ludwig’s scream-like scream made even the wedding guests aware of the current situation.

 

“Did I hear that correctly? Are you saying the bride has been stolen?”

 

“But what kind of person with a big liver would do something like that?”

 

“His Royal Highness is the bridegroom, and the matchmaker is His Majesty the Emperor…”

 

Shock spread in all directions.

 

Puck!

 

The knight who failed to protect his bride and delivered shocking news was beaten by his lord and rolled over the Virgin Road.

 

“Oops! Sorry, Hap…!”

 

Even those who were shocked by Grand Duke Ludwig’s obscene behavior frowned. Although it was right to be angry about losing a bride, there was no way that assaulting a retainer in public for that reason would look good.

 

Evangeline, who attended as one of her guests, quickly grasped the surrounding atmosphere. And she ran straight to Ludwig.

 

“Brother! Calm down!”

 

She came closer and spoke quietly so that Ludwig could make it.

 

“Stop! Do you know how many eyes are watching right now? Come to your senses.”

 

“Ah…”

 

Only then did Ludwig barely regain his sense of reason.

 

‘Nothing has gone smoothly from last night to today…!’

 

This morning, the stress of hearing a warning from the Emperor due to Hylia’s hysteria was especially great. Meanwhile, when he heard the news that his bride had been looted, his sense of reason was completely cut off. He roughly resolved the situation.

 

“…I’m sorry. I was so excited.”

 

“Please kill me, your Highness.”

 

The knight, who was still lying face down, knew Ludwig’s original personality well. This was because he was a knight who has been by his side since the Grand Duke’s residence. He couldn’t help but know that what Ludwig was apologizing for now was absolutely not his true intention.

 

‘If I return to the Grand Duke’s residence, I will be done!’

 

But he also had something to say. Who on earth could stop ‘the man’ who stole the bride? The knight shouted as if complaining.

 

“Hello, Your Highness the Grand Duke. The person who stole Princess Delphine is none other than His Highness the Crown Prince! How can we possibly do this? …!”

 

Ludwig let out a expression of shock mixed with anger.

 

“What?!”

 

Beside him, Evangeline stumbled, her face white.

 

“Oh, brother?”

 

The title ‘brother’ just now had a slightly different connotation from when she called Ludwig. But no one noticed her.

 

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